87% of London =/= Serving the U.K. BT Fibre plans for 2011

87 percent of London to have fibre broadband by Spring 2011Tuesday 15 June 2010 10:39:32 by John Hunt BT announced yesterday that Londoners are to benefit the most from the roll out of next-generation broadband using fibre technology that will deliver fast broadband speeds. 87% of the Greater London area, approximately 2 million homes and businesses, will be able to connect using fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC) or fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) technology, 100,000 of which already have the service available."London is already one of the best connected cities in the world [ /drone] [ ...snip... ] [/Jolt...] More importantly, the new broadband network will be a lasting legacy, enabling those living and work in London to prosper and the capital’s economy to thrive well into the future."Ian Livingstone, (Chief Executive) BT Group[/end Quote ]Quotation from thinkBroadBand : [ http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ ] detail [ http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4274-87-percent-of-london-to-have-fibre-broadband-by-spring-2011....[ origin, well - press release: ]http://www.btplc.com/news/articles/showarticle.cfm?articleid=%7Bf910f40e-332c-4dea-be1b-45f50df0cc0d%7D